As part of the process, manufacturers for each and every tobacco product must document their ingredients and potential health harms, such as causing cancer and other heart and lung diseases. Opponents have denounced the proposal, arguing e-cigarettes are less harmful than regular cigarettes and that the prospective federal regulation is too burdensome and will kill the industry. It is largely unregulated now.

The industry, curiously, argues for its products’ safety, and insists that the nation should encourage vaping, partly to reduce Big Tobacco’s markets and sway. As I have written before, however, these arguments are odd, if for no other reason, that Big Tobacco is one of the big players behind vaping; while it is true that the e-cigarettes may reduce exposure to tars and other carcinogens associated with burning tobacco, vaping is a means to deliver highly addictive and damaging nicotine. Investigators are finding that vaping liquids contain risky, undisclosed chemicals and substances. It also is unclear whether vaping discourages smoking or provides an alternative to it, though studies are indicating that e-cigarettes, with their torrent of ads, may be a gateway for kids to become smokers.

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